Reading is one of the basic skills that a child should master during their first school years to be able to assimilate new knowledge and skills in future. The aim of the study was to explore factors that contribute to causes of reading difficulties among grade six learners and challenges faced by...
Download PDF ↓Reading is at the core of the educational experience and one’s ability to read is essential if they are to succeed in society. However, many Zambian children are not able to read at the expected grade level. These low literacy levels led the Zambian government to introduce a new literacy language...
Download PDF ↓This report aims to assess the communication and participatory strategies used by Serenity Harm Reduction Program Zambia (SHARPZ) to educate the youthsof Chibolya township about the potential harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs. The media and other institutions havehighlighted the alarming...
Download PDF ↓Teachers are key factors in any educational system anywhere in the world. As such, their initial training before they enter the teaching profession is crucial and should be handled with much attention
Download PDF ↓The objective of the study was to determine the effect of birth weight on blood pressure and arterial stiffness in childhood. This was a cross sectional retrospective study involving 143 children from low to medium income areas of Lusaka, aged from 5 to 8 years old with mean age 6.78 years. It...
Download PDF ↓Evapotranspiration (ET) is a dominant hydrologic flux in the water budget of semi-arid areas.Thus, accurate estimation of its dynamics in such environments is critical for improvingN water resources management. In this study the physically-based Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) model was...
Download PDF ↓War or armed conflict, the technically preferable general term, represents a major breakdown of the "normal" conduct of International relations. It is also, tragically, a recurrent feature of the modern world and provisions are accordingly made for its occurrence in public international law. The...
Download PDF ↓Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the reproductive choices for Women Living with HIV on ART in the urban health centres within Lusaka. Methods: Nine hundred and fifty six HIV-positive women receiving care in the zoned health centres were randomly sampled and 12 health care...
Download PDF ↓This study is an attempt to demonstrate and illustrate the role of the National Archives of Zambia in contributing to knowledge and national development through promotion of research. It examines the development of the National Archives from 1935 to 2006 by analysing and highlighting its legal...
Download PDF ↓Wheat is an important economic cereal crop used in the production of a wide range of foods and other products. However, due to low wheat production (< 1.5 ton/ha) in acidic soils, and the country’s total demand of about 240,000 metric tones as at 2010, is unable to be met. Acid soils generally...
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